Weekend of Performances

How did you spend your weekend? I spent mine mostly at performances! On Saturday morning,

my mom and I went to go see my cousin perform in her high school musical. She was an Ancestor

in The Addams Family. I have seen The Addams Family musical be performed by a high school

before and I really enjoyed it, but that was several years ago so I was looking forward to watching

it again. The cast was really talented and all of the main characters were strong singers. If you

know next to nothing about musicals, I would recommend you check out The Addams Family if

you ever have a chance. It has a fun plot and plenty of jokes that are targeted to a more mature

audience, yet it is still appropriate for teens to perform.

I was really proud of my cousin because I know she put a lot of hard work, time, and effort into

being a part of this production. As someone who has been involved in productions before, I

understand how much it takes to make the show the best final product it can be. I am happy

she enjoyed herself and she plans on being in the musical again next year.

On Sunday, I went to the 13th International Play Festival at Ohio Northern University. The play this

year was Hayavadana, which drew from old Sanskrit stories. The plot was about two best friends

who were so close they were like brothers, but they both fall for the same girl. I will not spoil the

plot but it was certainly an entertaining story.

I was not expecting to know most of the cast in Hayavadana. Many of the performers were

freshman musical theater majors and several of them are in my Modern 1 dance class. I also

knew a few older musical theater majors from my Tap 1 dance class I took last semester. The

play was even more enjoyable because the students who were involved in it.

Lastly, on Sunday night I attended the Symphony Concert. Several of my friends and now Tau

Beta Sigma sisters play in the Symphony so I went to support them. The Symphony played

Antonin Dvorak’s New World Symphony. It was fun to listen to that piece because the marching

band played an excerpt of it for our halftime show last season.

Hans Utter played the sitar, a traditional Indian instrument, with the Symphony for several songs. He

played during intermission as well. The ONU Gospel Choir also performed during the concert and

they sang a few songs while the Symphony provided backing music.

Overall it was a weekend well spent. I love to go to performing arts productions because I like

to support the arts. I enjoy watching live productions and listening to live music, plus I think it

is important to support your friends and family in their passions.